american community organizations and businesses and goverment - if this wern't so true it might be funny

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american community organizations and  businesses and goverment - if this wern't  so true  it might be funny

> A Japanese company (Toyota) and an American company (Ford
> Motors) decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River.
> Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak
> performance before the race. On the big day, the Japanese
> won by a mile.
>
> The
> Americans, very discouraged and depressed, decided to
> investigate the
> reason for the crushing defeat. A management team made up
> of senior
> management was formed to investigate and recommend
> appropriate action.
>
> Their
> conclusion was the Japanese had 8 people rowing and 1
> person steering,
> while the American team had 7 people steering and 2 people
> rowing.

> Feeling
> a deeper study was in order, American management hired a
> consulting
> company and paid them a large amount of money for a second
> opinion. They advised, of course, that too many people were
> steering the boat, while not enough people were rowing.

> Not
> sure of how to utilize that information, but wanting to
> prevent another
> loss to the Japanese, the rowing team's management
> structure was
> totally reorganized to 4 steering supervisors, 2 area
> steering
> superintendents and 1 assistant superintendent steering
> manager.

> They
> also implemented a new performance system that would give
> the 2 people
> rowing the boat greater incentive to work harder. It was
> called the
> 'Rowing Team Quality First Program,' with meetings,
> dinners and free
> pens for the rowers. There was discussion of getting new
> paddles,
> canoes and other equipment, extra vacation days for
> practices and
> bonuses. The pension program was trimmed to 'equal the
> competition' and
> some of the resultant savings were channeled into
> morale-boosting
> programs and teamwork posters.

> The next year the Japanese won by two miles.

> Humiliated,
> the American management laid off one rower, halted
> development of a new
> canoe, sold all the paddles, and canceled all capital
> investments for
> new equipment. The money saved was distributed to the
> Senior Executives
> as bonuses.

> The
> next year, try as he might, the lone designated rower was
> unable to
> even finish the race (having no paddles,) so he was laid
> off for
> unacceptable performance, all canoe equipment was sold and
> the next
> year's racing team was out-sourced to India.
>
> Sadly, the End.
>
> Here's something else to think about: Ford has spent
> the last thirty years moving all its factories out of the
> US, claiming they can't make money paying American
> wages.
>
> TOYOTA has spent the last thirty years building more than a
> dozen plants inside the US. The last quarter's results:
>
> TOYOTA makes 4 billion in profits while Ford racked up 9
> billion in losses.

> Ford folks are still scratching their heads, collecting
> bonuses... and asking for a "bail-out"...
>
> IF THIS WEREN'T SO TRUE IT MIGHT BE FUNNY.
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